1st Edition
Social Justice in Public Health Critical Perspectives on the Social Determinants of Health
Introduction- Social Justice and The Social Determinants of Health
Richard Chenhall, Kate Senior, Natalie Jovanovski, and John Mackenzie
Part I Unpacking The 'Social': Theoretical Issues in Public Health
1- Struggles for Social Justice in Improving the Social Determinants of Indigenous Health
Richard Chenhall, Kate Senior, and Raymond Kelly
2- Conceptualising and Problematising Gender and Power in Public Health: A Trialogue
Natalie Jovanovski, Meagan Tyler, and Bob Pease
3- Essential Workers, Broken Bodies: The Occupational Syndemics of Farmworkers in North America
Merrill Singer
Part II Paradigmatic Conflicts and Social Movements in The Social Determinants of Health
4- Weight Stigma as A Social Determinant of Health: Weight-Centred Versus Weight-Neutral Approaches to Weight Stigma Prevention
Natalie Jovanovski and Tess Jaeger
5- The Space for Mad Studies: A Narrative of Empowerment
Rachael McMahon
6- Structural Stigma as A Social Determinant Of LGBTQ+ Health
Justin Ellis
7- A Social Justice Approach to Reproductive Rights
Louise Keogh, Bronwen Merner, and Casey M. Haining
Part III What Change Looks Like: Activism, Advocacy, Pedagogy and Policy Change
8- Critical Pedagogy for Public Health: Challenging Dominant Ideologies
Stephen Fisher
9- Bringing Health and Justice: A Coordinated Approach to Addressing Indigenous Health and Legal Needs in Australia
Warwick Padgham
10 -Shaping Policies to Address the Social Determinants of Health: A View from The Policy Sideline
Joanna Mason
11- Eco-Socialism as A Strategy for Achieving Social Justice and Planetary Health: A Critical Anthropological Perspective
Hans A. Baer
12 -Advocacy in Public Health: A Tale of Three Cases
Jane Singleton
Biography
Richard Chenhall is a Medical Anthropologist at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. His research focuses on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, including research on substance misuse and treatment, sexual health, youth experiences, digital storytelling, and the social determinants of health.
Kate Senior is a Medical Anthropologist in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries, and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle. Her research is community-led, helping to support the capacity, health and well-being of young people and remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern territory.
Natalie Jovanovski is a Health Sociologist and Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences and Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University. Her research focuses on the role that social inequalities play in shaping people’s relationships with food, eating and their bodies, especially women.
